Carnet for flights

[PrincessJOE]

Many of us here on LFAD use planes to visit their SOs, so i thought it could be useful to share infos about buying a Carnet.
Any of you has experiences with it?

[snow_girl]

What's a carnet?

[PrincessJOE]

If I got it right (its the first time i read about it too) it's a group of tickets (like 10 or 20 ways from a city to another) that you have to use within a certain amount of time... and it should make you save up some money on the long term

[Dziubka]

I've never heard of anything like that for flights.

[Tooki]

I have never heard about them. Given the nature of my flights, I would not be able to afford to buy a 'carnet' of them, even if they existed.

[Moon]

To me, that seems more for people who travel frequently to specific cities for business. Like Tooki, there's no way I could afford that, given the prices for flights between the US and Helsinki, not to mention, I could never get enough time off of work to use them in time. Good luck though.

[lucybelle]

Are you talking about airline credit cards?

[kittyo9]

The carnet I'm familiar with, from here:

Carnets, commonly known as “Merchandise Passports”, are international customs documents that simplify customs procedures for the temporary importation of various types of goods. In the U.S., two types are issued: ATA and TECRO/AIT Carnets.

However, my impression is that they are only really needed for professional or business things.

I did some more searching and I think I found the thing you're talking about (this?) but I've never heard of such a thing in my life.

[blankita719]

I had to google this: A Carnet or ATA Carnet (pronounced kar-nay) is an international customs and temporary export-import document. It is used to clear customs in 83 countries and territories without paying duties and import taxes on merchandise that will be re-exported within 12 months*. Carnets are also known as Merchandise Passports or Passports for Goods.

Sorry - doesn't seem like it's for tickets at all

[kattermole]

A quick Google found this, so I guess other airlines do similar:

https://www.meridiana.it/WebCarnet/e...px?language=en

[PrincessJOE]

What I meant was what Kittyo9 and kattermole posted about, but I'm pretty new to LDR and i have no experiences at all with it either. it just came to my mind cos my mother asked me if there was anything like this so i tried to google but i didnt really get many infos, so i thought about sharing it with you, just in case

[Moon]

If you live in the same country, or close countries, it seems like a great idea, especially for weekend trips.

[Riyko]

Haha after reading through I know what kind of carnet you are talking about, still have no clue how they work, but I was originally thinking of what they call a carnet in Chile (Which is the ID cards used there) and I was like those aren't for flying haha.